Making Direct Air Capture Affordable; Technology, Market and Regulatory Approaches

Direct Air Capture (DAC) is an important solution to curb global warming and enable a circular economy. As fossil fuels dwindle, carbon for commodities such as plastic, cement, steel liquid fuel, will need come from somewhere. With the low cost of industrial CO2 (roughly $80 ton) well value most credits, making DAC-produced competitive at scale almost impossible. But what if we could DAC processes in markets that make sense now, building on learnings go while industries less intensive? The first application air quality energy efficiency indoor spaces. technology can stabilize water levels inside environments enhance recirculation rate internal air, thereby saving significant HVAC. Another use small-scale units—providing kilos day rather than tons, taking advantage high price B2C otherwise rely bottled CO2. approach called Decentralised or DDAC (analogous decentralised solar). be developed but our drive down costs, must fund R&D introduce tax. Finally, interesting new developments electro-swing humidity-swing capture, have potential drastically decrease footprint (its main driver), paving way affordable.